By Mark Pickering The Aurora Public Library District (APLD) is offering free PCR testing to the general public through a partnership between the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) and SHIELD Illinois that utilizes federal funds. Beginning January 4, SHIELD has been available from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays
The ECHO Group, an Aurora non profit, is offering free COVID-19 testing at Wesley United Methodist Church, 14 N. May Street in Aurora. The public is invited. Parking is free. Use door 3 on the church’s southwest side. Tests are offered from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesdays. Walk-ins are welcome.
By Beth Hundsdorfer Community hospitals and health departments in the State will receive help from the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IDEMA) to meet the health-care demand during a COVID-19 surge, by adding staff members to provide medical care and provide additional vaccines
By Grace Barbic The University of Illinois System received Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Monday for its saliva-based COVID-19 test. The statewide, seven-day, rolling positivity rate reached 2.4%. The FDA approval allows for the covidSHIELD test to expand beyond the U of I System.
Aurora Ward 10 alderman Judd Lofchie cuts the ceremonial ribbon Monday in the ReStore parking lot on the West Side of Aurora to officially open a free COVID-19 testing site. Testing is free and open to the public Monday thru Sunday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m..
The Kane County Health Department (KCHD) announced that a mobile testing unit managed by the Illinois Department of Public Health will be at Elgin Community College all next week to provide Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) tests to the community. The mobile testing unit will be available each day Monday, Feb. 1
